About Cathy

“If You Are Lucky Enough To Find A Way Of Life You Love, You Must Find The Courage To Live It”

Some people are born knowing their exact purpose in life. As a child in New York City in the 1950’s & 60’s, Cathy was always the one bringing home stray dogs and cats, rescuing abandoned baby birds and protecting snakes from people who were trying to kill them. At age ten, she bottle raised an orphan woodchuck and cared for him until he was ready to venture forth on his own. She completed college training in Veterinary technology and equine science. She became a vet tech and spent her spare time training horses and rehabilitating wildlife, specializing in raising baby owls. She often helped others by showing them more humane methods of handling their horses and better ways to care for their pets.

At age 40, Cathy became disabled with severe Multiple Chemical Sensitivities after a large chemical exposure. She spent the next seven years learning to live with MCS and “environmental illness”. Finally, with the help of a lay person, she was diagnosed with the late stage Lyme disease, tracing back to a mysterious and undiagnosable infection in 1972. Now, she had an explanation for her fibromyalgia, migraines, Crohn’s disease and degenerative spinal disk disease.

In spite of these health challenges, in the past 19 years, she has provided a loving home to many assorted animals. Most of these were old, ill, unwanted or at risk of euthanasia or slaughter. She is a passionate wild horse advocate and has had articles published concerning wild horses, horse care and animal rescue.

In order to save her own life, she has acquired a vast amount of knowledge in holistic medicine and often uses the same methods and remedies to improve the health of her animals.

Cathy is the sole caretaker at Journey’s End Ranch Animal Sanctuary, in Arizona’s high desert. She has the time and expertise needed to help these unfortunate animals heal physically and emotionally and to live out their days in a happy, secure home, but her small disability income does not cover the costs involved. She is very grateful to the people who support JERAS, as they make all this possible. She offers phone consultation in holistic animal care, solving behavioral problems, natural hoof care, animal and human nutrition, detoxification, and dealing with environmental illness and Lyme disease, in exchange for donations to support the sanctuary. Because she has cared for many older animals at the end of their lives, she understands the pain involved with losing a beloved animal and is available for bereavement counseling.

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Journey’s End Ranch Animal Sanctuary

Journeys End Ranch Animal Sanctuary is home to animals large and small which were abused, neglected, unwanted, at the risk of euthanasia or slaughter. Here, they get the care and love they need to heal and live out their lives in peace and comfort. We are located in Arizona's high desert. The sole caretaker is a disabled Veterinary Technician who, despite her health challenges, has been caring for these animals for years with her own disability income until becoming a non-profit in 2009.

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